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Court Enjoins Ordinance Limiting Clothing Collection Bins to Nonprofits

Court Enjoins Ordinance Limiting Clothing Collection Bins to Nonprofits

Court Enjoins Ordinance Limiting Clothing Collection Bins to Nonprofits

Business corporation showed likelihood of success in constitutional challenge to prohibition
A federal District Court in Nebraska has issued a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of a local ordinance in the City of Lincoln that would prohibit for-profit companies from placing clothing collection boxes on private real estate and would require at least 80 percent of the proceeds to be used for charitable purposes. The Court said the for-profit plaintiff showed a likelihood of success in bringing the case. ( Linc-Drop, Inc. v. City of Lincoln , D. NE, No. 4:13-CV-3133, 2/18/14. ) Linc-Drop, Inc. contracted with the Nebraska chapter of the March of Dimes to construct and manage donation drop boxes placed on private property to collect secondhand clothing and other items. Linc-...

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